The Tebow Effect – Why Do We Pray?

Tue 19 Nov, 7:30 pm. Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, 02459. JCCs of Greater Boston, 617-965-5226. $18. Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston - [website][email][events]

What are the uses of prayer? When is it appropriate to pray – and for what? Issues of prayer, once again in the national spotlight due to quarterback Tim Tebow’s on-field demonstrative praying pose, will be at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30pm.

What are the uses of prayer? When is it appropriate to pray – and for what? Issues of prayer, once again in the national spotlight due to quarterback Tim Tebow’s on-field demonstrative praying pose, will be at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30pm.

Participating in the discussion will be Rabbi Larry Hoffman, professor of liturgy, ritual and theology at Hebrew Union College in New York; Blu Greenberg, an American writer specializing in modern Judaism and women’s issues; and Diana Eck, professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University.

The discussion will be moderated by Leonard Fein, an author and essayist whose columns have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Nation.

The event is part of the Jonathan Samen Hot Buttons, Cool Conversations discussion series sponsored by Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts. Cost is $18. Students and seniors: $15. For tickets, contact 617-965-5226, boxoffice@jccgb.org or visit www.bostonjcc.org/artsevents.